A very important endgame for amateurs. You need to understand this endgame and disregard what the computer suggested in real time. The computer simply do not understand this type of position without a 6/7 piece endgame tablebase.
GM Movsesian, Sergei – GM Prohaszka, Peter ½-½
18th European Individual Championship 2017 – Round 9
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bxb2 10. Rxa7 Rxa7 11. Bxa7 Nd7 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Ngf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. Kd2 Nc5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. e3 Nc5 21. b4 Na6 22. b5 Nc7 23. Rc1 Nxb5 24. Rc5 Nd6 25. Bxd5 Kg7 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Bb3 h5 28. h3 b6 29. Rc6 b5 30. Ra6 Nb7 31. Rb6 Nc5 32. Bc2 Rb7 33. Rc6 Nd7 34. d4 b4 35. Bb3 Nf6 36. Kd3 e6 37. e4 Nd7 38. f4 Nb8 39. Rc4 Na6 40. d5 exd5 41. exd5 Nc7 42. Rc6 Ne8 43. Kd4 Rd7 44. Rb6 Nd6 45. Ke5 Nf5 46. d6 Nxg3 47. Bc2 Ra7 48. Rb5 h4 49. Rd5 Rd7 50. Ba4 Rd8 51. d7 Nh5 52. Rd4 Nf6 53. Kd6 b3 54. Rb4 Nxd7 55. Bxd7 Kf6 56. Rxb3 Ra8 57. Kd5 Rd8 58. Kd6 Ra8 59. Rd3 Ra5 60. Kc6 Ra4 61. Rf3 Ra1 62. Bg4 Rg1 63. Kd5 Rg3 64. Rf2 Kg7 65. f5 Kh6 66. Ke4 Kg5 67. fxg6 fxg6 68. Rd2 Rg1 69. Rd5+ Kh6 70. Kf4 Rg2 71. Rd8 Ra2 72. Bf3 Ra3 73. Rd4 Ra1 74. Ke3 Ra3+ 75. Kf2 g5 76. Bg4 Rg3 77. Rd6+ Kg7 78. Ra6 Kf7 79. Be6+ Ke7 80. Rb6 Kf6 81. Ke2 Kg6 82. Bg4+ Kf7 83. Rb1 Kf6 84. Rf1+ Kg7 85. Rh1 Kf6 86. Kf2 Kg6 87. Bf3 Kf6 88. Bg4 Kg6 89. Re1 Kf6 90. Re6+ Kf7 91. Re3 Rxe3 92. Kxe3 Ke7 93. Ke4 Kd6 94. Kf5 Kd5 95. Bf3+ Kd6 96. Kf6 Kc5 97. Ke5 Kc4 98. Bc6 Kc5 99. Bd5 Kb6 100. Kd6 Kb5 101. Bf7 Kb4 102. Kd5 Kb5 103. Be8+ Kb4 104. Kd4 Kb3 105. Bf7+ Kb4 106. Bc4 Ka4 107. Kc5 Ka3 108. Bg8 Ka4 109. Bf7 Ka5 110. Be8 Ka6 111. Bc6 Ka7 112. Bd5 Ka6 113. Bf3 Ka5 114. Be2 Ka4 115. Bc4 Ka3 116. Kb5 Kb2 117. Kb4 Kc2 118. Ba6 Kd2 119. Kc4 Ke3 120. Bc8 g4 121. Bxg4 ½-½
Very interesting. The hole point of the ending is that Black wants to exchange rooks because the B is the wrong color for the corner queening square and White can never force the K out of there. It was interesting watching the maneuvering where White forced the Black K to the a-file but then couldn’t keep it there.
I like 68. Rf4 and I’m not sure what the computer analysis was saying and if I’m an amateur then it’s not the end of the world if I don’t know every endgame concept but I can’t see any forced win so I’d just be playing for tactical traps.